Job 1:7-9

Satan Allowed to Test Job

7 The Lord said to Satan, "From where have you come?" Satan answered the Lord and said, "From m going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it." 8 And the Lord said to Satan, "Have you n considered my o servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, p a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?" 9 Then Satan answered the Lord and said, "Does Job fear God for no reason?

  1. Cross References
    Job 2:2
    And the Lord said to Satan, "From where have you come?" Satan answered the Lord and said, "From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.
    1 Peter 5:8
    Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
  2. Cross References
    Job 2:3
    And the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil? He still holds fast his integrity, although you incited me against him to destroy him without reason.
  3. Cross References
    Numbers 12:7
    Not so with my servant Moses. He is faithful in all my house.
    2 Samuel 7:5
    Go and tell my servant David, 'Thus says the Lord : Would you build me a house to dwell in?
    Isaiah 20:3
    Then the Lord said, "As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and a portent against Egypt and Cush.
  4. Cross References
    Job 1:1
    There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.
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